COURT OP PETTY SESSIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume IV, Issue 1198, 25 November 1873, Page 2

COURT OP PETTY SESSIONS.

j ..,_. . ' , This Day. (Before Joseph May, G. B. Owen, and Thos, . Cheeseman, Justices of the Peace.)

DRUNKENNESS. Solomon Smith, alias Hibernian Smith • Paul Jones, known as the Canadian; Patrick Nolan, and John Wilson were severally convicted of drunkenness and subjected to the usual fine or imprisonment.

FORGERY. Charles Ramsay was charged with forging an order and obtaining a sum of money thereon from.a person in Shortland, but as the prosecutor could not be found the case ,was. ad*' journed until to-morrow. >1 / ',■< ';■'■_ ,'■" , ''iiARCENY.'" ! Samuel Dickson and Robert Abbott,,\vere charged with stealing a purse, containing £4 15s, the property of John Williams, on the 24th inst/ "" ,'., ' 71" 'Tj ~~~~~~f. ~f~~~ t,__-..,'" I Dickson pleaded,not guilty, and Abbott" said that he found, the purse. " . i | John Williams, stated that he resided in Chancery lane; and}! the prisoners lodged next door. He had occasion to go out of the house for a'few minutes, when on returning he missed .his s. purse, containing the money. He accused the prisoners of taking;' it, and offered to reward ; them if they would, restore his purse and the" money. , ; Constable Kinseßa proved to taking the prisoners into custody," when! Abbott confessed that he had found the purse .and

handed it to Dickson, who thought; iti best to plant it for a time.;;-~He found the purse in ' the spot indicated by Abbott,.. parflffii covered over, with/dirt. ,_■.,. ,/: '' 7' 'M j John Gairible, labourer, of Chaneery-stree^" saw the purse in prisoners possession, but could not say whether ;they; had stolen it. : John Martin, general dealer, deposed'that Abbott.owed him a score, and.pjoniissd to pay hiri£inj^'few/day". ! The'prisonersTiad nothing to say-in their— defence. U. ¥1 Uit M U 'II -~> " X j The Bench' iteinarked that as*it wasnptr. clearly shewn that*prisoners, had stolen the' purse, .hut may/have, found^'.it/' still they! ■ knew who was the owner,^arid' should have returned it, the Bencfftfierefore would inflict •put a light punishmen,t, vo namely fourteen o^s\iraprisqnment7jwit^^ u \.*___ j otlJ foods -s5 oo a. assault^-y^ tygtsa. i dli _-:/._•*■ ! Edward.Lodge and Paul. Jones, 'and^Al.- 11 Gratton (on bail)", wereoharged witfcsjffi^uiti \ ing Constable^a^hyill while intheex'ecu^on of his duty on the evening of the 24thjnsfc JMr! Brohamr conducted - ithpjprose^tTon, and" Mr"Joy appeared for the defence; • ; John Walls deposed that he was;in Short- ' land-street about seven o'clock lait&vening, wVen there was a and the prisoners were very! drunk/ arid .were the , . cause of thp,'ro%." V., . ■ ..'■_.>.■ . '■'■■ ~:,'.' ,-Mftfg A Grattan was separately' Charged with assaulting the constable. J ■•■■'fit l^____ 'i ! Mr Joy submitted, that airi'.^|prmaia6ii should be laid iin the uyial. way, as Mr Grattan's case was wholly distinct^fromthe: other charges; and there was no evidenceto show that "Mr Grattan had aßsaulted_the_ police. .Herwould; ask" for the-written in.fprmdtion.'..:.. ° '~7.1, '"."" '■'% rC-- ; I *Mr Brohana'.cbnsidered this ;-as taking up the time "of the-Court unnecessarily. '. "• j Mr Joy was of a different opinion,,.and thought that Mr Broharii^sKould not be allowed toplay fast;arid'loose with the Court.-{; He would askthat the' case be remaiided " till to-morrow,-; in order that witriesses m'a y_ be. present who, would throw [a different light on the whole affair. ' \oa - '* j The case was-therefore remanded till tomorrow, prisoners being admitted to bail.* " MICHAEL AND-MAGGIE FLXNN. i Jklichael'Flyrin'was again brought up on/a onarge of ill-using and threatening Jus 1 wife', 1 \jr_bereby*she went in fear of ..-nim.•-.,: i 'IA-i-ti'i •Prisoner-pleaded guilty. :»«;.* fcaaj _,fhs - j Margaret Flynn,,a very, respectable losfc| 3 ipg person; but; who was very" deaf, deposed 1 that for many months past she had been"" subjected tot the most savage tfeatmen| from her husband, who knocked- her about dayJ by 3day,1-used-dreadful language f tjowards. her, and. had. procured, a r penknife; * With" whicli-'he'-proinlsed'i'to—'close—her-- . mortal cartel1?! Shir felt jrare that he intended ' tp murder;_het > ;his?§X!ery look and aot.mdi-gated-his intentiori.fi UHSKHOIJ, ' ;•• : i The prißtMer (a^'/erPcious-looking being), maintained/a-. sullen• silence,rand the Court ordered him to find:tgoodi,securities,j him-. > self in: £50/ i and two 1 Others' in £25 each/ to ; keep, the. peace for six months towards his .■Wife and all her Majesty's.subjects." '.',/;' /<

NEGLECTED CHILDREN | George "Kejly wps charged with'neglecting ;i to' contribute Upward?-.thei,support. of,hi3 l_ three children, now.in the Newton Industrial. School, he being in a position to do so. •- ; Constable. Clarke informed the Bench that defendant "was the husband of the' woman sElizabeth Kelly, who was acquitted at the last'sessioris of the* Supreme Court on the,"* charge of smothering ;the,-baby, Scudder, while, in a state Jot Intoxication. children were then placed in the. Industrial • 'and'the father he understood waspow? | ,in a'- "position -td 1 Contribute ° a "weekly ; 'allowance.;;.; ~; _n_j_&_v\Q) "!'•;' n; 'A '"'**" r | Defendant/stated that he was willhig to do all that; -he—aould-for his- children;;, f^Pf Was I'obliged1 to'leavd;-liis'',wife-on 'account 1 L of herdrprikeri habits % .but although she did^fr nbt-knpWiWhere/he was/lie used to send her/^ all, the money be could,iwhich,she spent »■*-'.• drink. Hejtvas now earning 4s a day as»'i;/ igpm 'digger; at[ Mpnganuii j but not regularly^T CHe:Could;<not pronp^erwithi.ceitaipty. mpre'.i. !jbhan*3s a«week./'. >-i/'--!a ja" ,hi'Ji ~,....■,,/. 1 j Thp;*;_Bepchp-ade/an' order;• accordingly^ J l, hfipirigthat prisorier would fed it bis dutf',/, f_send more if his.position should improve. Mi-Bi^hatajiriformed-the Bench that out -fourteen* 1 casWiwfiiere 1 orders had- baen_ made-{by t 4he ; .Court only-about three were, t !? g Tta^f}BlfiOt>,sJUifa tv >'~.i'i'' 5t j ; JUMP-JIM: GROW. •' lii ,_■!'-..*»:<'' *, Crow was charged with (.using-violent and abusive language towards Peter McArthur, on the 22nd inst., in Queenstreet. »*i>—li£ll-i.A.\JAJi /,,'/<-• „

:Mr Joy 1 attended pri behalf of the defendants ' »1 -t~ f" a. , 0 '

,Peter McArthur, a full-blown Scotchman?^? deposad that as.he was coming down Queenstreet, T s| v* Saturday evening/ and when f near" 1 the Thistle hotel, he was met by defendant, who took hold of him. began to dance; Jim^Crow,n anditheu threatened ,to_ smash'him-ttp'-mto niesned turnips. He said

he intended to kill him.fbut would give him a little time to prepare, or he must go to y~^~ his account "-with .ill his imperfections on -i his head," which he supposed meant his r bruises. He was therefore terribly afraid of prisoner,, and would like to have the protection of the Court. It was not true, as had been suggested, that he could fight; he sever was a boxer. The defendant urged that McArthur was of a fighting turn, especially at election •times, he had punched Mr Harris's, and threatened to knock off another man's, and when he met him on Saturday and asked for ss, money which he had won on the Superintendency election, McArthur up with his fist, and he in order to prevent the blow, dropped one on McArthnr's nose. The bench ordered Crow to find sureties to keep the peace for three months, himself in £10, and two in £5, or retire from public ii& for that term.

KOBERT GOOD'S WAY. Robert Good appeared in answer to a .charge of using bad- language towards -George Stephens on the 17th inst. Mr Joy appeared for defendant. George Stephens, an elderly man, disposed that defendant called him a " scamp, and repeated the word three times in the hearing Of p witness. He could not put up with such dreadful epithets. _Wm. Franklin deposed that he heard the word used in reference to a donkey, which prosecutor had pounded. The Bench remarked that to bring such a case into Court was most disgraceful. The case was dismissed. This was all the business.